The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-25
AFTER NINE YEARS.
Arrest of Two Men Charged With
Bank Officers Murder.

a BANK OmCcr 3
Nine years ago ]. W. Barron, President of
aSavings Bank at Dexter, Me-, was found in
the banks vault bound and gagged and suf-
fering from several wounds. He died in a few
hours afterward without giving any clue to
his assailants Two men have just been ar
rested charged as principals in the crime
The story Of their capture is told by the New
York World, and reads like romance;
Their capture was accomplshed
Through the influence Of a young
man named Charles F. Stain, who declares
that his father was the leader in the attempt
TO rob the bank. The young man further
declares that he was present at the
assault upon Barron, but that that fear fear
r.uow from telling the story of the terrible
-crime. The World says Of the crime and
the arrests which have followed after nine
years:
the National Bank and State Savings Bank,
of Dexter, Me-, nine years ago, created ma
tional sensation unequaled by any trag-
of President Garfield. The brutal cir
~eumstances and the utter mystery of the
crime, the mute and pathetic testimony of
fidelity to trust given by the speeches.
and diving mans wounds the escape of
the murderers, leaving not a trace of their
presence in escape from the little town
profoundly moved the whole country. Tele-
grams Of coincidence and offers of assistance
from ali parts of the land poured in upon the
widow, and the project of memorial church
an Dexter was at once suggested and success
fully put in operation.
Then. after some months had passed, the
country was again startled by a theory of
suicide, started in the first instance by detec-
>tives and, apparently given credence by
peared, had made some unfortunate invest
Inents of the banks money. He took out
forthwith a life insurance policy covering
the amount, and it was the Sapient idea of the
detectives, mortified perhaps by their failure
to detect the murderers, that the Treas
.I1rer, fearing the odium following the
discovery of his bad Judgment, Killed
himself in such manner as would indicate
murder and so would not invalidate his in
surance policy. Thus an act of what seemed
scrupulous regard for personal and business
honor was converted into an Indictment of
the man.
But the theory was accepted by the bank
officers to the extent that they entered suit
against the widow-a suit that was never
,revulsion of feeling elsewhere. Con-
tributions to the memorial stopped.
The poor woman and even her little child
were subjected to taunts and Obloquy and
the widow was compelled to endure a lonely
and bitter ostracism. She never doubted her
husbands innocence steadfastly she has
sought for means to set it clearly before all
men, and now, by the aid of the WOrLd, the
murder of her husband by a banded gang of
sooundrels is, to all appearances, about to be
Judicially proved.
some weeks ago Ine w OItu was IIlloTIileu
that a young man in Maine had made state
nents which, if verified, would convict the
murderers There appeared to be an ut
ter lack of effort either to verify his state
ments or to take any steps whatever to ar
rest the alleged criminals. There was daily
the chance that they would hear of the con-
fession and make off. The World sent a
trustworthy representative to inquire into
the facts He succeeded in bringing Charles
Franklin Stain, confessed accOmplice with
his father, to New York, where his full state
ment was taken. With it the World
representative returned to Maine, consulted
with the officers, was made a Deputy Sheriff.
and assisted at Franklin, Mass, in the arrest
of David Stain-a criminal of such unspeak-
able record that its full, atrocious horror can.
not be given in these columns-and his al
legged accomplice Oliver CromwelD in the
murder of faithful John Barron